Having secured 312 electoral votes and 74,838,169 total votes (50.40 percent) in last Tuesday’s nationwide general election, according to unofficial numbers on Monday, and winning not only the nomination but also the popular vote, President Elect Donald Trump, who previously served as the nation’s forty-fifth president, will be inaugurated in 2025 as its forty-seventh. The president elect’s Democratic challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris, won 226 electoral votes and 71,247,129 total votes (48.00 percent).

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HOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER HCMC’s educational event a hit in first year Last Tuesday midmorning, from 9:00 until 11:30 a.m., the Howard County Medical Center (HCMC) gave students the opportunity to explore the county critical access hospital’s new Wellness Center addition while learning skills and tips geared towards protecting and improving mental and physical health and wellness. HCMC Foundation/ Marketing Director Keely Huebner said last week that the event, dubbed On Track to Wellness, “came about because Howard County Medical Center is always striving to educate about health and wellbeing to the public.